World War II Records in the Cartographic and - National Archives ...

printings of British or U.S. maps of Japan, Korea, China, the Netherlands East
Indies, New Guinea, and the Philippine Islands. Many of the maps are annotated
to show military situations, including some that illustrate the Japanese invasion of
China beginning in 1937. There are several Italian- language maps relating to the
military situation in China during this period as well (1937-38). Seized German
maps of the Far East include an English-language transportation map of Manchuria
by the South Manchuria Railway Company (1935); an administration map of
northern Sumatra (1933); and a city plan of Merauke in Netherlands New Guinea.
242.9. There are 59 German handbooks and manuals prepared for the use of
German submarine and surface vessel commanders and naval staff officers. Many
of these publications combine chart atlases and textual description to assist the
commanders in locating and identifying landmarks, sea lanes, naval strongholds,
coastal defenses, tank farms, and other important facilities in foreign waters, and to
prepare them for weather, climate, ice formations, tides, currents, foreign mining
techniques, and communications systems throughout the world (1935-44). Other
publications cover special subjects of interest to the German Navy, such as the oil
supply of Great Britain and the tactical instructions of the British fleet (1938-41).
Manuals for Admiralty staff officers discuss geography, economy, military
leadership and organization, naval strength and tactics, and fleet location of
Germany's potential naval adversaries (1938-40). Areas covered include the west
coast of Africa, Albania, Algeria, Canada, Egypt, Estonia, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
the Portuguese colonies, South Africa, Spain, the Suez Canal, Sweden, Turkey, the
United States, and the U.S.S.R.
242.10. Aerial Photography: Among the records are approximately 8,000 aerial
photographic records that were produced by the German Air Force to assist it in its
bombing missions against Allied facilities in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle
East. Most of these are target dossiers, which usually consist of a map, an
overprinted aerial photograph, and a description of the site in German. Some
dossiers may also include original aerial photographs, aerial negatives, mosaics,
overlays, and reference maps. The dossiers primarily cover sites in Algeria, Egypt,
France, Great Britain, Iraq, Italy, Libya, and Tunisia. Some coverage also exists
for Aden Colony (southern Arabia), Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, French Guinea,
French Morocco, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Ivory Coast (Upper Volta), Malta,
Mauritania, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Trans-Jordan, and Yugoslavia.
242.11. Also included are German publications relating to specific types of targets
in individual countries. Among them are: an atlas of important military airfields
in Great Britain that consists of maps and aerial and ground-level photographs
(1940); lists of landing fields in France (1940) and Italy (1944); an atlas of seaports
in France that consists of maps, charts, and aerial photographs; an atlas of seaports
in Great Britain as seen from photographs of terrain models (1941); a list of seaports
in Italy (1944); a compilation of maps and aerial photographs of British seaports and
industrial cities, on which are located multiple targets (1940); a four-volume
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